Closed-Loop Neuromodulation2024 — present
Hum Technologies
Cognitive performance when it matters most.
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An in-ear neuromodulation device — a closed-loop system that reads biosignals, calibrates on-device, and delivers targeted stimulation for cognitive performance. Deployment detail restricted.
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Core question
“Can a device hold a person at their cognitive peak — focus, calm, or recovery — exactly when it matters?”
Overview
Hum Technologies is a closed-loop in-ear neuromodulation device. Dry-contact EEG and PPG sensors read brain and heart signals; edge AI calibrates to the individual; transcutaneous vagus-nerve stimulation and bone-conduction feedback deliver focus, calm, or rest. Raw signals never leave the hardware. Aspects of the program are restricted.
The problem
High-stakes operators — clinicians, emergency response, shift workers — degrade exactly when they can least afford to. Cognitive performance is treated as fixed when it is, in fact, modulable.
The insight
Cognition is a closed loop. If you can read the signal and write to the nerve, you can hold a state instead of hoping for it.
What Troy built
- Defined the closed-loop architecture: read → calibrate → write
- Specified dry-contact in-ear EEG and PPG sensing
- Set the edge-AI calibration approach (raw data stays on-device)
- Designed the stimulation and bone-conduction feedback model
- Built positioning and program materials
Behavioral layer
- Cognitive load
- Stress
- Focus
- Recovery
Status / outcome
Active program. Further specification withheld.
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